“The power of the computer to help us construct the internal architecture of sounds from first principles allows us to broaden the concept of composer to include the notion of sonic sculpture.”
(Wishart, 1996, p. 8)
(My paraphrasing of this quote): Modern technology (particularly computers) enable us to design sounds from their most basic elements. This expands the role of the composer/producer/sound designer, allowing them a wider range of control over sound, more similar to sculpture than what is traditionally considered to be “composition”.
Paraphrased from On Sonic Art by Trevor Wishart (1996, p. 8).
Wishart, T. (1996) On Sonic Art. New and Rev. ed. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers GmbH
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